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When he brought for Ward his motion on that ' Would be bazardouilfor the transports; whtch are in - peditions. I remain, 4llbject he trusted that every honest man, of what- general bat ill prepared to ride in the open sea. ever p ar ty he might be, wouldgive him his support. i Q. Can the investing force in this ease proceed Lord A. HAMILTON offered a few observations, i on at:once to blockade the island, leaving the army after which ' Ito follow when it can; or will the enemy have The SOLICITOR-GENERAL took a general view ! this interval to draw reinforcements from the ail* ( It the state of the question. 'As far as relates to ' cent garrisons, and to be prepared to ; oppose the number, he was' for the greater,, and would prefer ; landing.—A. The line-of-battle ships may take their a Committee of 21 persoris to one of 15. The next station in the mouth of the Scheldt; and a division question was, whether or not the greater part of the e might be placed in the Rotnpoot c.hentiello guard ;vierribers who were of the Committee last Session the side of Helvoetsluys. s hould be removed ? Supposing an equal portion t Q. What is the probable period which mast i 0 f honour andlntegrity tolee'poSsessed by the Gen- I elapse after the fleet appears off the coast, suppos- Ilornen whose names appearedsin the two lists; yet ! ing the weather favourable, before the channels can still it must be. acknowledged that experience on the be buoyed, andehe investing force lake up its block , • .'llbjeEt, which was in so high a degree necessary, ading positions ?—A. The channels must be buoyed, leave the Comthittee of last Session an 'advantage over , by anchoring vessels, before the ships can proceed :that proposed; 'and was a fair. ground of preference. to the place of disembarkation, and we must calcu- 9n what grounds were those Gentlemen to be re- ' late that the landing cannot be made before 48 hours ' taored? Why, on a personal charge brought against after the arrival of the fleet. The latter part re-' I ( heat, accusing them of being:hostile to the purpoSes Speting the blockading positions is already an for which they were appointed. To the propriety of swered. . . such a decision he never could subscribe, because Q. Supposing the enemy should be found within 1 each sentiments were imputed to them by one indivie ' the island in greater force than was expeCted, and i !loal. To r e move them.he contended would under that after the men of war and, transports have taken I isteh circumstances be casting a stigma on them fot eip their positioOs for effecting a debarkation, the t, Personal unfitness and improper conduct . In jese ' . landing should either be foend.impradticable, or hay- ! rice to them the Honourable Gentle.nan ought to . ing been attempted, shall have been failed in, could 1 ,bring forward specific charges.. This statement . , the ships maintain ehose positions for any length of L'nwever, had been most satisfactorily Contradicts. i time, the enemy being in,possession of the coast, or ed by another Honeurable Gentleman. It might, could they with the same wind they entered be with • e asked if what had fallen from. bun and trout drawn to an anchorage out of reach of the enemy's ,i ) ' l nt Right Honourable Friend,, was not jecoesist- • fire, or could they put to stet ?—A. The 'landing t ilt with that they aeserted on a for Mer occasion 'must he successful ; the retreat would be extremely t ,, procure ' the removal 'of another Committee ? hazardous, and could not be effected without great f!e would answer this question ,by..desiting the f loss. Idolise tnrecolleet hoW that Committee had.heen Q. Can the reqnisitati Pilots be obtained, or can f ormed. The nomination had been taken away from the navy undertake this part of the service without t he worthy Merither who brought the subject for- - their aid ?—A. Pilots may be lebteined, we 'cannot ‘ v e ° lll 2 and the greater part of them were nornina:ed ' do without their aid, but if small vessels are placed "Y the Minister of the day. A new Parliament ha,l in the channels, so great a number will not be re been assembled, the - Cemtnittee must at least have quired. ` l ;en re-cast ; was it then utifar to call for a new. t .Q. What interruption to the blockading force ?.' o lnnaittee, and draw an equal number of Members ; ne e be apprehended trom the enemy' fleet in the t ,ana each party? That was the fad, and heerusted 1: Texel, or from the flotilla pasitig aloirg shore from t hat charge would be considered es 'having been is Boulogne, or elsewhere during the operation ?-- la 'ay answered. Could such a Committee be corn- 1 A. None from the Texel with westerly winds, and Pared with that of last gession, which had so anx- 1 the Boulogne flotilla must be guarded against by an l i tlsly laboured to give satisfaetion ? Conld'it fairly ! adequate lolce. The inland eavigation ebout Wal- Pe said of that Committee that it had done nothing, 1 Cheren, howcver, furnishes great numbers of craft \Thee its useful labours were before the Hcnse, and , of easy di - Auglit of - water, and very fit to les convert the revenue had derived no inconsiderable advantage ' ed into gun-vessels, of which the enemy Would e r ° l llit ?It remained only to decide what new Mem- most likely avail himself. We ,must guard also bets should he added. With respea to the u:-..erva.. against' Cue arrival of succours from Helvoeesluys by 'ions a t an Hon. Baronet, it did not apply to the old the inland channels. Committee, as twobrits Members were fOr Irelend. 1, • - * The List refer!z , i to not returned. t It might be proper, however, to ccn4der whether or Additional queries put to Sir J.A.M.S SAUMAREZ and 44 2 t two should be added for Scetland. At all events 1 ' ' Cape. Oe !N, with their conjoint Lluswers thereto. t he Committee ; f• last Session should not be di, I Q. What facility will there be fur putting the vaced, unless some specific charge were brought i t troops : on shore, could the ships silence the batteries a gainst them. Could it be expeeted that Hon. and 1 which would bear upon the landing-place ?—A..At' ' 14 1 dependent Gentlemen 'would - gratuitously devote i the spot where the landing of the. troops would be 1 they time to the public service, - if on suclegrounds - ',. proposed, the water is of su ffi cient dspili to allow ' were to be ignominiously removed ? of ships to approach near enough to the shore to Ur. D. titowte defended the 'former Committee. ' scour the beach and silence the batteries. There Mr. H: THORNTON explained: - : : I are. sand hills at the place which would afford tato , Thee question was then, put from the'Chair. On i teation to the enemy from the fire of the ships. It t he, following . Gentlemen being nominated for the ! would be . advisable to make a feint at the Point of e( ?.narnittee : ' - .1 East Capel with ene s fourth of the force, and when • . • Mr. Bankcs, l Mr. Biddul ph, . • - the main body of tilt army had established itself on MT. H. Thornton, I Mr. Sturges Bourne. t h e island; that reserve might be landed near East The three first were unanimously agreed to ; but, 1 - papel. °ti the fourth, ' I .Q. What number of stamen could be given to The.CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved as ! forward the guns on shore till horses could be '__l amendment the name of MreHawkius Browne. ~ landed ?-seAs. A'nurnher adequate to the service.re .. On this the gallery was cleared, and, a divisien e quired. . tp o t 4 ,. place, when the numbers were— I 1 Q. Would . the force stated in answer to query For the Amendment, or for Mr. H. Brown -98 i Ist, be sufficient to prevent the passage of reinforce ' Against it, 'or for Mr. Sturges Bourne - - . 107 'i mews, supposing the land batteries to be in pos- Majority against the Amendment --9 ! seasion of the trueps ?—A. Of this there can be no Strangers were not again admitted. We under, doubt. - ' - m a nal two more divisions took place,, one in copse- 1 Q. What part of the island should the one land tence o f Mr. Leycester being nominated against ; ing of the whole army be attempted ?—A. 'Near to `qr. Cavendish, when the lumbers were— 1 Zoutland, between it and Dykeshook, with the Fol . Mr. teyeester ~ For Mr. Cavendish , T he other on Mr. D. Brown and Mr. Alderman i Secret intelligence front Flushing. ‘.:- "Ilse, when there appeared, i [This /slumber consists of a detailed statement of the ships For Mr. D. Brown .„,' For Mr. Alderman Combe - - - - 1:7 The H o use then adjourned at 'Eleven o'clock. Letter from —to I atii, : &c. To Lord Mulgrave. dated 20th February, 1809. EXPEDITION TO THE SCHELDT. MY LORD—I could wish to draw your attention at this Moment to two objects, which I trust would be . a great benefit to the country the (me commercial, the other of a different nature : the latter is the destruttion of the French fleet in the harbour .of Flushing. I 'have lately had some conversation with several persons particularly well: acquainted 'with the situation in which the French fleet lays.at Flushing. Their guns have been ,taken -out, triad their topmasts struck, and three of those ships' crews, being ',)anos, were about.to be marched to Brest, bat toey- mutinied, and I am not certain if that has been again attempted. These :vessels lie so close togetikk it; the basin or dock- at:•Flushing, whiCh is much like our London Do:At; on thelliver side, except is no wall round it, but there is a fort Oi entering which is mostly manned by Dutchmen, and -1 should think would not be able to make any gn ai resistance: About this time last year, the persons in Flushing were in hourly expect ation of an expedition of- this kind from, England, I am told from persons well acqua;wed, the whole of iho Island may.. be taken without great difficulty. It is an o . :Jje.-,1 very desirable to be obtained, and might prevent considerable mischief, if these ships should slip out unperceived by our cruisers, which I am informed is their intention to do early in the nextinonth, if possible. . Any information or intelligence I can get worth your attention, I shall be happy to communicate, it on consideration it should be the wish of Govern ment-to attempt the destinaion of these vessels. •There are eight 74's and one 36, -all new, and a 36 and 24 which sometimes lie in the Roads; the names of four of the 74's are the Koniugsberg, the Dantzig, the Stettin, and the Berlin; there are also in Antwerp nine more on the stocks, and in sing three. They are very fine ships to look at, but the timber with which they are built is very bad in quality ; one of these vessels being hove down to cdpper, was nearly strained to pieces. • I shall make no further comment on the propriety of undertaking these expeditions, but leave it to your superior judgment; but on either being alaput to take place, l'shall mostreadily . turniSh you with any fur ' thet information M I my power, that can possibly b.: obtained on the si.ttico,_ to. assist in lanilitating tbiz • ti t p 'AS LAID WORE BOTIL HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT LAST NIGHT. Queries. put by the Lords COrnmissioners of the Ad nairalty to Sir JAMES SALIMA KEZ and Capt. OWEN; With their conjunct replies, Q. What proportion of "this force is deemed re.. qutstte to invest the Island of Aralcheren, and watch i' l `t enemy's ships in Flushing ; and what would e nlain appli ca bl e to prote a.and in the disetii b s pkation of the troop s ?—A. The line 'of battle 4 1 :,1 38 -fle shOuld proceed in the first instance (especially `. enemy's vessels are in a forward state) to take 71Positioti in the entrance of the Schelc! , to prevent escape of the ships in - Flushing, on the arrival k inforcernents from Antwerp. • - 4 , 'Lle Lignd could not be imes:ed until the troops \,7 e N in possession of Fort den Haak, Ca:npver, r nYinutten, St. Joost's Island, and eve n of the Z as tie of It arne ki n4 . All t h e , rema i n i ng f orce t . 9 uld therefore be applicable in the „first instance assist in the disembarkation of the troops, and ._"ver the l an di ng at t h e di f f erent po i nts of at.." lack. t • (4 . Wimt num b er o f t roo p s , i nc l u di ng a propor :til,?4 of artillery, &c. with the me ans th us dispose.- b u le, can the navy undertake to put on shore in one t tli dY at each pl ace o f l an di ng, suppos i ng two attacks be 'made,on opposite' sides .ot the isl And at the t a c ti le time It must depend upon the number flat boats employed upon the expedition, but Zofil the p ro x i nli l Y to the short , a body-of 5000 t f en i , might be speedily landed, including a p o rtion .„"ghtartillery. ves sels of any draught of water could not well be 111)1 °Y ed on the s id e o f Campveer, and off East st a e pe), the landing, though perhaps TraOicable, c r not so good or certain. 2 ,, • As to the naval investiture Is already "Zered i n the reply to the Ist cincry. i n , -S nl ) Posing the weather unfavourable - for a land wri.%t3ti 'lie first.arrival of the fleet off the coast, in s al t aliollora g e can die ttanspotts rem" in in 111 1.til the weather becornes.: moderate ?—A. t.\ Ex~ of ei ther or both amongthe conscrintionS. evtecl. tear - chosen froth . . . .' - ' • 1.. ' Ti . are formedintoilitary order; :IS. well as into libonr;' inn Order. There are a company to each ship build. 'no , • - ...."... s . "'every under the superintendance of a C a pt a i n ; - an d to .. , 1 List of the French Naval •force in Flushing; dated every two ships there is a superintending builder; • Februaiy c 7, 1809 e--.. . - and every Sunday they are -execis e ed to mi.itary Pultusk, 71 ' manned by Danes; Czesar, 74, FrenCh ; discipline. The work is carried on with amazing pueriiesciin, 74, French ,• Ville de Berlin, 7 4 , French • ' Char- rapidity, but perfealy performed. "At • Flushing, lemagne, 74, French ; Commerce de Lyon, 74 , French ; Ad miral- cid A oversnis, ' 74, 1- rench ; I)antzig, 74, manned by' in the inset], are the following 74' • glib . ships ) DJnes.—Neer snips, Dalmatie, 74, French ;- and L'Albany, ► Charlemagne, CoMmerce de Lyon, .Anversois; .Du= 'N. I•rench. —Friptes, Vriesiand, 36, Dutch ; andpi,e t ,The- . . ueielm Dantzic, and la Ville de Berlin, with a new tis, 36, llutch,--S loops of war, two Dutch, and t*F-tench q , .., . . eun-pf,gs. . . . His Majesty's Sloop Skylark, off best Capel, ships, a frigate and a brig ; in the Roads are the . March, 3, 1809. Princess Caroline frigate and a brig belonging to the Sia--I have the honour to .acquaint you, by the ' French. . - At ilamskeys are seven, gun-boats, with one Of t A&ive cutter, dispatched for the purpose, that I was on the prow, as has been observed of the flotilla, a t this day joined (by signal previously concerted be tween us) by the . ,Mr. —, Master, off 1 Flushing. Distributed among all those, vessels at , ds hing (French and Dutch), there are cot 890 West Capel, who was last night on shore for some Fl time at C - ampveer, from whom I received -the in- nten ail descriptions.' There are at Catuvere about 40 sail o f s mu gg le rs , formation; which I beg leave to coMmunicate to you. - The enemy's fleet in Flushing consists of the fol- and belonging to them, 'from 300 to 350 Pruitt: English seamen,' who, as well as the Dut.eh; would lowing force :—Ten ships oi the line (including a 50 gun- . Shie), two frigates, and a few smaller yes- rejoice - to see the French removed from their fa vourite smuggling port, which they have con ver t e d sels; the line of battle ships are fitting slowly ; dur into an arsenal, and which arbitrary cenversi o n 1 3 - ins the last week they were employed' getting iron . baliast, water casks, and gnu carriages on board : the created great disgust. . frigates are rigged and nearly ready for sea, and it is The French are' ditching . round the land side of supposed the beet will be ready to bawl out of the Ithe town, but there are still two gates pen ; they harbour about the latter end of the present month.. . intend fortifying the on that site (though they . The• line of battle ship on the stocks at Flushing is . ell', ne , :.:l- make it strong). on a presumptiont that the • not in a forward state, but the greater part of thee le.ezii.di will land at West Capel. To •the sea side '•at Antwerp, it is believed, will be ready to -come they have paid, coo attention, so that the taking ae.ay down about July or August next. The Danish I the 'ships- at Flushing is 3, •matter perfectly practi- Officers in the fleet are very discontented, several of t cable, and in I.roportion, to the advantage the risque whom have deserted. No reinforcements of troops ; is eery small. In my humble opinion, any armee have arrived on the island; their numbers at present 1 ment intended for this service should be composed are supposed to be about 4000, beside the Btughers. .1 of fast sailing ..0 gun ships, fast sailing large frigates, ' I beg leave to correa the information I trans- I and large brigs, with a proportionate nurn'oer- of mitted to you in . my letter .dated the 2.B"th ult. by, I troops to hold possession of the island, .('bile thit Lieutenant Naps, of the Poll cutter, of- the arrival 1 . ships, stores; &c. were removing... 'Were I not of a ntubber ut . small armed vesseli from the west- I confident of the advantage andcet twin su A.:eSs of this ward ; six schooners only haviug come round Igtst j Expedition, I would not recommend it ; far , lesi week from Wend. The nature of Mr. • - 'S I would I offer my services to be the first to share 'in business on the coast requiring him to - have frequent i all the da.gers that can attend it. - communication with the shore, I sletil be enabled, t. t I shall haVe the honour of bubm itting . the plan if the weather continues favourable, t I transmit yod , of i attack, which I would Propose as . soon as it is intimation of arty material:occurrence that may bap- ~ . , , . . . . Witsnea ; in the mean time, I can assure yon and pen. I have at present only the Fancy cutter with their Lotalships, that I know of Sufficient hinnb..'t me, • • . 1 of praaieal pilots from Deal and Dover who woutti volunteer - their services.. I have the honour to be, Sir, .. . . Your humble Servartte I am, &c. • (Signed) ' ' JAMES BOXER. Vice. Admiral Campbell, &c. Letter from Vice-Admiral CAMPBELL to Lord MUL GRAVE, dated Gth March, 1809. MY I,OAP—..Since had the honoUr of writing you List on the subject of the ships and troops at Flushing, a person has arrived from thence, who left it 'about six days since. He states, a great number of troops had arrived in. the neighbourhood; that they were busily employed in fitting cut the ships of war in the dock, and. they would be all completed in about three weeks; that four brigs were lying- there, loaded with provisions for the West Inches, ready to sail the first opportunity. For the lion, W. Wellesley Po1e; (ko. CAMPJ3ELt. Substance of Intelligence received from the Deserter from West Capel, on the Bth inst. mentioned in. Captain INV.K.EaLIE's Letter of the 13th. • The motive fordeserting was on account of being ill-fed, and a desire to enter into the English service. 1 The generality of the foreign troops are - dissatisfied, and are inclined to desert. There:are four batta lions in• Flushing and its vicinity ; two French, and • Iwo : composed of Germans, Dutch, Spanish, and Irish. There is a camp at West Capel of six htin dred men. Buonapare was expe, ,?..d at Flu.h ing daily. A firing was heard ytlterday, which they think was on account. of his arrival. The marines of the squadron were doing duty with the troops at-Flushing, but have lately gone up the river to be embarked in the ships, or, as some report, to go to the army in Austria. Two ships of war. lay Of the town .0t Flushing obey are small shins ; to sail. of the line higher up the river ; knows ...little about them, but heard they were ready for sea. The town of Flushing is well Lmtified; the inhabitants expeded an :attack-from the English some time ago. The French General Mounet resides in the toles n, and is now dangerously ill, and Generaltelement conimands the troops at Middleburght. General Austin com mands, and resides in the town. E. J. STRAcuAN• Venerable, May 19, 1809. &c. &c. Letter from, Captain BoeTote.to Sir R. STRACHAN ) dated Fisgard, East Capes. Roads, 7th July, 1809. SlR—Honoured by the execution of your orders of the 30th ult. and 2d inst. I embrace the earliest opportunity of examining those points to which my attention was particularly direatd, and feel great saiisfadion in stating, teat the correctness of my former reports are fully confirmed by the present observations. The examination of the Welling Channel proves it 'to be safe, and sufficiently capa cious for any enterprise. The fortifications On the Island of Cadsand eonsist e as far as I have been able to discover, of twe- small batteriese one apparently of five, the other of thirteen guns; the landing is good on, any part of the shore. The coast betweeei East and West Capel is precisely as I lett it. On West Capel Point is a Fleur d'Eau battery of seven or eight guns, and to the North of the Church is another, about a cable's length from the beach, of Seven guns en barbet, and I do not think there is any gun mounted between this' battery and East Capel. Proceeding to Camvete, a little above House Point, is a small battery of three or five grins, and at Camvere there is another of about seven ; neither do I sec any difficulty of landing or navigation on any part or the coast. Inclosed is a sketch of the shoals and coast, with the stations of the vessels as,l mean to place them. Agreeably to your desire, I shall give my opinion on the proper points of landing and attacking Flush ing-:—this will depend on the wind. , If the attack is made.with the wind southerly (as far as S. S. W.), ,the Welling Channel will be most advisable for the large ships to pass up, as afte.e _passing the Elboog those intended to batter Flush ing can bear up to their stations, as well as the ships that cover_ the troops - landing about Zoukiand, of Which there can be leo :difficulty if the weather is moderate ; at the same time. the divisions assigned for landing and attacking Camvere and West . Capes will have a smooth beach between. West and .East Capel. If the attack is made with the wind nor therly, the Dnerlco will be the best channel.for the . ships to advance up. But,, if it blows fresh ; the whole of the debarkment .must be made between West Lapel and Flushing; and nothing can be'done on the East Capel Side, unless a division sail .up at once . to Camvere, through the Veer Get; provided the attack is made with the wind this way (nonhev , ly), a strong portion of heavy armed light draught Of watenvessets should be appropriated for the attack 'of West Capel ; they can lie close' to the shore; and this point secures, the troops and stores , might bd landed at the jetties in smooth water :' there is a passage of four fathoms through the East eGat, and when inside the Calloo, eigh or ten fathoms all the way alopg shore to Flushing; all the .sinuggleri are well acquainted with this passage, and I shad ew-= .deavour to find it out.' Vessels of light draught can pass at high water over the banks.. There will be one advantage in attacking with the Wind northerly, the ships damaged in battering. Flushing telly bear away to relit, and be succeeded without (lithe:illy by. the reserve, which may be kept anchored out cf .gun-shot in the Deerioo: Memorandurri of ObserVations made by at the Ports of BOulogne, Calais„ Dunkirk ? Wend, • Antwerp, and the Island of Flushing At Boulogne there are about 600 craft of diligent descriptlims that compose the flotilla, but they are in such a state of Wreck, as well in theirrig&ing,as in their bottOms, which arc worm-eaten, that they will require to be nearly rebuilt to bt. of service. At Calais there are about 70 craft of the flotilla in the same state. At Dunkirk there are two old frigates, and about 90 vessels of the flotilla in the inner ba son ; and'tlyere are in 'the outer bason above 50. fine merchant vessels, fit for transports, mmy of which are prizes taken trom.the English. At Ostend there ate about '4O small vessels of the flotilla, and a few merchant vessels which are in a very bad•state. In consequence of repeated disputes which haVe taken place - between the IYU;ch arid Feench Ofii ce-s employed on this flotilla service, a . considerable division of the . Dutrh flotilla have returned to Hol land through the Canals. At Antwerp there are rabout Is vessels of the • flotilla ; but they are un serviceable-; and at . Flushing there are Only seven ofabout 30 tons with one gun in the bow. Ships 'of War on the Stocks at Antwerp, and Ob- sf2mtions on the Arsenal You wil retceive by the sketr:h, I bad int only placed a vessel on Thornton's Ridge, but also and on tne Hinder;. this is to enab!e the large ships to pass in safety between tho.e shoals, should they have to cross over to Blackenbury, to proceed through the Welling. • If the attack from the northward is decided upon, the. best place of ren&zvous would, be the 17 fa thom,' Or. at' Brei Bank; they might the;:e, pass, be. , "tween the . Stone - Pranks, .trbugh the Stone Deep round the Rassen and up the PuerlooLarld . the bit- Writ* ii4Sels through the East Gat to the West Capel 3 the divisiOn to Camvere round the 13aujart - t o the Veer Gat. From all the ihformation I hard At Antwerp : there are on the Stocks tei.Bo-gun ships, and three of them are' nearly fitnshe.l, thoogh it is probable they will not be launched this vt inter. The situation chOsen by Buonaparte for the building Of ships of war was occupied by 1500 houses in the .hegiuoing of 1804, and Was,the most ancient part of the coy of Antwerp; but it is at present r2duced to Ways and slips, br ships, and is capable oti being extended to the placing of 20 ships of the line on the stocks at the same time, and their resOnicessfor building, from the Black Forett through the Rhine, are inexhaustible.. The nveChankt — eipproyed on the building thaw ships are all lotlng men', and are s i '1 i